Snowfall (2017–…): Season 6, Episode 8 - Ballad of the Bear - full transcript

Franklin and Gustavo set a plan in motion.

- What the fuck is this?
- Oh...

I'm a friend.

A friend with a gun
at my kitchen table?

This is too much.

Maybe this should be the end...

- for us.
- Yeah, maybe.

Maybe you shouldn't
know where we go.

Informants who do
what we tell them,

they make it out alive.

DEA busted me. They
took all my money,

forced me to help them.



They want Teddy.

So, everybody wants Teddy, huh?

The DEA, KGB and me.

This has to stop.

All of this is Franklin's fault.

Ain't no one going
home with clean hands.

But I'm the one
who lost my husband,

my whole fucking world.

- What you need?
- Franklin.

All you got to do is point.

You made me a promise,

in that warehouse.

- I need all the help I can get.
- You are the devil.

Yeah.



I know.

♪ 6:00 in the mornin',
police at my door ♪

♪ Fresh Adidas squeak
across the bathroom floor ♪

♪ Out my back window
I make my escape ♪

♪ Didn't even get a chance
to grab my old-school tape ♪

♪ Mad with no music, but
happy 'cause I'm free ♪

- ♪ And the streets
to a player is the place to be ♪

♪ Got a knot in my pocket
weighing at least a grand ♪

♪ Gold on my neck, my
pistols close at hand ♪

♪ I'm a self-made monster
of the city streets ♪

♪ Remotely controlled
by hard hip-hop beats ♪

♪ But just living in the
city is a serious task ♪

♪ Didn't know what
the cops wanted ♪

♪ Didn't have time to ask... ♪

I'm telling you,

ain't nobody bring style
to the streets like Jerome.

Man used to stroll down
Crenshaw in custom linens

like that shit was
a runway.

Are we just supposed to pick
up and leave, and go where?

Could go back
down to Louisiana.

You know I've been wanting to
spend more time with my family.

Uh-huh, yeah, well,
people depending on us here, baby.

- We got a job to do.
- Big Rome steps to the man

and says, "You food, keep
talking all that mess..."

Dressed to
impress. Fly all the time.

Got that wet curl hanging in

and diamond shine.
What you need, nigga?

All you got to do
is hit the block.

The homie Romie Rome
had that shit on lock.

That's dope.

Rest in peace, Jerome.

♪ Word... ♪

Hey, yo, that shit clean, cuz.

This shit fresh as fuck.

Yeah, man, that right there...

Man, RIP to the
homie Jerome, bro.

A real stand-up guy.

Look, we
didn't know no better.

And I forgive you,
G. You hear me?

Come here.

Let that shit go.
Let that shit go.

We've all been carrying
too much weight

for a long time, Oso.

Can't be for nothing.

I've got your passports.

And the other half
of your money.

Okay.

I'm picking up the
shipment tomorrow.

I'm planting it
at the warehouse.

But Teddy's still hiding.
I need to drag him out.

You know what you're gonna do?

- Yeah, think so.
- Mm-hmm.

One last favor.

You still have your plane?

What are you doing
here, Franklin?

I'm starting to
realize that you got one job

in this life.

It's to protect the
people you love...

Hey.

You want to talk? Let's talk.

Right now.

I've got 24 hours.

If you in, I need to know.

I can't do this
without you, Louie.

So you're clear, I ain't
doing this for you.

I'm doing this to
be clear of Teddy.

I hear you.

I'll explain the details
at Louie's tonight.

All right?

Okay. Might be late.
Got to check in first.

You haven't told her, moreno?

If I tell her, she'll
run. I can't have that.

Look, I'll get her
out. All right?

So, just to be clear,
you're saying that

there is a commitment
on the table.

There is a promise.

The commitment comes after
you transfer the assets.

Make the wire transfer,
you'll have your blue badge.

That's an assurance I can
make with the full force

and faith of the Agency.

We're on an even
playing field here.

Anybody mention Teddy?

No.

Just a lot of sad people.

Guess it doesn't matter.

Tomorrow night, we'll
be wrapping all this up.

When you meet with
the Colombians,

Amanda will be with you.

This is a bad fucking
idea. You know that, right?

She's more than capable.

These men are wolves.

One sniff, we're both dead.

I'm close to landing this plane,

but I got to be honest,

lately you've had
my guts in a knot.

At this point in a case,
people in your position,

they don't stop
asking questions.

They want to know what's
gonna happen to them

after it's all over.

They want to talk to their
lawyer, see the legal paperwork.

You haven't asked
for any of that.

No.

Right now I
don't trust you.

So she's going.

Or we can call it all off now.

Okay.

It's your call.

He out of cash.

Approached me at the
repast, asked for a loan.

What'd you say?

Said I'd
give it to him.

When?

Tomorrow afternoon.

When he comes to get the cash,

I'll have my people grab him.

Hello?

Yeah.

You asked for this.

So if you don't want
him, just fucking say so.

We'll do the exchange at a
pallet yard by the L. A. River,

corner of Elmyra and Leroy.

Come at 6:00. Alone.

- I'm gonna need help.
- One person.

Any more than that, I have to
assume it's a double cross.

I'll be watching.

Teddy shows up and
you're not there,

I'm a dead man, Oso.

Mm.

So am I, moreno.

So am I.

So tell me, young Luke,

what brings you here this far?

This little
droid.

Searching for
someone very special.

- Obi-Wan Kenobi.
- So, Obi-Wan Kenobi?

That is a name I
have not heard of

- in a long time.
- Hey, hey, hey.

That little blue robot is
Mexican, did you know that?

What?

Because his name is
Arturito.

Oh, no! He's coming.

A long, long time ago,

en un pinche barrio
far, far away,

these... were mine.

And when I'd put
them on to fight,

there was nada, nadita...

that could hurt me.

I want you each to have one.

So when you put them on,

you will remember pinche Oso.

And that he is

always thinking
of you, chamacos.

You want it?

- Yeah.
- Great power.

Yeah, you want it?

Okay. I want your watch.

Can we trade?

- Órale.
- Yeah. Órale.

Put them on.

How do you feel?

Boys!

Boys, go
get dressed for school.

Yeah, it's time for school.

Come on. Come on. Come on!

- Ew, it smells weird.
- I know.

Mira.

- You got the passports?
- In my purse.

Don't let the kids
see the money.

They'll ask questions.

I'll make sure.

You know, these kids are lucky.

They have the best
mother on earth.

What?

Who are you to
bless me like that?

- ¿Mi abuela o qué chingadas?
- Fuck you.

I can bless you if
I want to bless you.

You see that?

Hmm?

You're the only one
who has this number.

Okay?

It's an answering
service. Keep it.

I will check it every week.

If you need anything,

you call and you
leave a message.

If I don't hear from you,
I assume you made it.

Okay?

And you and the kids are okay.

¿Sale?

Listen to me.

If something doesn't look right,

if something feels off,

you go the other way.

A huevo.

Te quiero, Xiamara.

Te quiero, Xiapita.

I have to go.

I have to go, Xiamara.

Heading to the border.

I'll send the code
when I'm clear, okay?

Oso...

Listen, man,

just stay calm.

Everything's gonna be fine.

I'll see you at 6:00.

How'd he sound?

Motherfucker was less nervous

when we was caged up
with that damn tiger.

Listen.

I know you're not gonna
want to hear this, but...

- Baby, if this doesn't work...
- Franklin.

Mm-mm.

I need you to leave the country.

My mother, too.

She'll help you
liquidate the properties.

She'll help you and the baby.

Hey, look, this
isn't doubt, okay?

I promise.

This is what I want.

For our baby.

Give him a life, a
family to grow up in.

Promise you'll do
this for me, V.

- Franklin, that's, that's...
- Promise.

Please.

Okay.

Okay.

After last night,

I can't transfer them the money.

Which means that the CIA...

is no longer my future.

It means that it's
no longer our future.

- Okay.
- You told me...

that there are other
ways of attaining power.

So I'm saying that
we have to figure out

exactly what that means.

Together.

Some kind of assurance
would be nice.

Do you, um, have something
specific in mind?

Now that you mention it... I do.

Wait here.

Where did you find that?

The bottom of your dresser.

You went through my things?

It was my mom's.

I just want a partner.

Marry me.

Really?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

¡Ándale!

Who's this perrita?

Should hav e told us you're
bringing someone new.

Now you got my balls tingling.

Ooh, she's funny.

But I still don't
know who she is.

So you're funny, too?

She is my cousin, pendejo.

He was reckless.

He wasn't sticking
to the story, okay?

He straight-up told
them I was DEA.

What?

I mean, he made it
look like it was a joke,

but that's not him.

I think you're right.
Something is off.

On our way back, I want you
to stop and make a call.

Let's check on his family.

You gonna do the honors?

Nah, homie. This ain't me.

All right.

Make it look good.

Mm-hmm.

Fuck you waiting for?

Know you've been
dreaming about this shit.

No, you got to do
better than that.

Come on, hit me.

Come on, hit me!

Hit me! Hit me!

Come on...

Okay. Come on.

Again. Hit me.

Come on, hit me.

Hit me again. Come
on, hit me again.

I'm not ready
yet. Hit me again.

Come on, hit me. I
can't fucking feel it!

Hit me!

Come on, hit me!

Fuck you, Franklin. Fuck you!

Franklin, fuck you!

Louie, Louie.

- Fuck you!
- Come on.

- Come on, Louie.
- Fuck you.

That's it.

Amanda's the third
woman I've mentored.

The first you never met, the
second... that was Lorena.

I think women make great agents.

Men underestimate them.
Never see them coming.

And they can see
through our posturing,

smell the bullshit from space.

Especially Lorena.

I never wanted her
to go in like that.

She wore me down, like always.

And then... she was gone.

I always suspected it
was Teddy who'd done it,

but when they found
the cash and the drugs

in her stereo speakers,
I was sure of it.

He killed her and
he disappeared her

and there wasn't a fucking
thing I could do about it.

She gives her life doing good

and he makes her out to
look like a turncoat.

It's him.

Gustavo should
have paged by now.

How much longer
you want to wait?

It's Oso's code.

He on the way to
Teddy now. Come on.

Hello.

Good news?

Took some doing, but I got him.

He a little banged up, though.

As long as he's alive.

Slight change of plans.

You drop him off, same place.

And when you're gone,
I'll pick him up.

So, just leave him
there on the ground?

Just follow the instructions.

I'll be watching.

Okay.

He changed the plan.

It ain't face-to-face.
Just dropping you.

It's worth the risk.

Long as El Oso shows,
I'll be straight.

Let's roll.

That's the second
time you've dialed.

Yeah, pinche Teddy's
not calling back.

I'm trying his other pager.

Hello?

- Where are you? You're late.
- I'm close.

Ten minutes away.

- You have five. Hurry up.
- Okay.

Turn around, hands
behind your back.

Ay, qué pedo.

What the fuck?!

- Who were you talking to?
- Teddy.

- Who were you really talking to?
- Teddy, cabrón.

- You want to check my pager?
- Don't need to.

We had an agent check
on Xiamara and the kids.

They never made it to school.

Neighbor says your lady
never made it back home.

We had a fight this morning.

¿Sepa la chingada? Maybe
she took the kids out.

- I have no idea!
- Checked on Xiamara's mom, too.

Also gone.

Old lady from across the street

says she saw her shuffling
a suitcase to the car.

Xiamara scolding her for
not doing what she was told.

There something going
on here, Gustavo?

You trying to pull something?

I'll plant the drugs myself.

This is done.

Deal's off the table.

And they are gonna bury
you under the fucking jail.

Let's go.

I want you in that truck.

Chingada.

Let's go.

Goodbye, Franklin.

Fuck.

Here you are.

I really wasn't sure
she'd actually do it.

What was that
thing you said about my son?

That you'd bleed him
like you did my father?

You should let me
talk first, man.

There's nothing
left to talk about.

There is, there is.
What about the...

What about the KGB?

I already know about that.

I... you don't know everything.

Huh? Who's helping him?
You know, who-who-who...

How he's tracking everybody.
You don't know anything.

Franklin, it's over.

I can help you.

♪ Nada es perdurable
según mi creencia ♪

♪ En nuestra existencia... ♪

This is Agent
Guerrero. We have an...

Ah...

Sorry about the...

Without Gustavo here,

I can't afford to
turn my back on you.

Shit.

Sorry
about your pops, man.

Things... they got
fucked up real bad.

But if you let me go, I promise
you'll never see me again.

Huh?

Huh?

If you fight it, you're
just gonna hang yourself.

As it is...

you're just gonna
feel a small pinch.

And then you're
gonna go to sleep.

Which is better
than you deserve.

Where the fuck you been?

Put that down.

Oh, my God.

Remove the gun you
have behind your back.

Do it slow.

Use your left hand
and kick it over.

You're aware I'm trained
to shoot with both hands.

Me, too.

But it's not quite the
same, right? Do it.

Slowly, Teddy.

Hey. Hey, Ruben.

Cut me down, motherfucker.

Can't you see me?

Ruben, what the fuck
you waiting for, nigga?

My ankle holster.

It's not too late for
you to walk away still.

Cut me down!

Was he alone?

Oso. Help.

Hey, whoa, whoa,
whoa. What are you doing?

Gustavo...

What are you doing?

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, he's a fucking traitor.

Him and his whole
fucking family, man!

They brought the KGB into this.

Listen, you know how this
ends, man. The fucking CIA,

they will track you fucking
down, no matter where you go.

Whatever he promised
you, it is not worth it.

Puta.

So, what you want
to do... moreno?

Huh.

♪ Please allow me to
introduce myself ♪

♪ I'm a man of
wealth and taste ♪

♪ I've been around for
a long, long year ♪

♪ Stole many a man's
soul and faith ♪

♪ I was round when
Jesus Christ ♪

♪ Had his moment
of doubt and pain ♪

♪ Made damn sure that Pilate ♪

♪ Washed his hands
and sealed his fate ♪

♪ Pleased to meet you,
hope you guess my name ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ But what's puzzling you
is the nature of my game ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Get down heavy ♪